From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965104AbVKHN35 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 08:29:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965181AbVKHN35 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 08:29:57 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:16654 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965104AbVKHN34 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 08:29:56 -0500 Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:29:54 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Jan Beulich Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386: export genapic again Message-ID: <20051108132954.GQ3847@stusta.de> References: <4370AEE1.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4370AEE1.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 01:57:53PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > A change not too long ago made i386's genapic symbol no longer be > exported, and thus certain low-level functions no longer be usable. > Since close-to-the-hardware code may still be modular, this > rectifies the situation. We don't export symbols for "there might be some driver that might need this". Can we discuss this issue when such a driver gets submitted for inclusion in the kernel? > From: Jan Beulich > > (actual patch attached) cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed